SHIP AND 35 MISSING OFF COAST OF TEXAS

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2 (AP) — The United States Coast Guard reported today that a 572‐foot tanker with 35 persons aboard was missing off the coast of Galveston, Tex.

A spokesman said the T‐2 tanker, owned by Texas City Tankers left Freeport, Tex., yesterday afternoon and failed to arrive on schedule in Galveston. Aircraft reported sighting a column of smoke but efforts to find the source of the smoke failed.

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